FLINT, Michigan -- The state is planning to file an emergency appeal after a judge removed Flint emergency manager Michael Brown from office and invalidated all the actions he's taken since he was appointed Dec. 1.

"They've removed an emergency manager who has done nothing
to get rid of the emergency," said Geralyn Lasher, spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Snyder. "The financial emergency hasn't gone away with this ruling
from the court."

Lasher said the state plans to file the appeal as soon as it receives the ruling, made today by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who said the state violated the law when the financial review team recommended Brown's appointment because it didn't meet before the public.

Aquilina's order also reinstated the authority of Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and the Flint City Council.

Lasher said the judge's ruling is "extremely frustrating," adding that Brown hasn't been in office long enough to effectively turn around the city's finances.

"The emergency manager has been working quite well with city
officials," she said. "They have been working with a great spirit of cooperation."

Lasher said the governor does not have any plans at this point to reconvene the financial review team in order to reappoint Brown.

"Right now, we have to pursue the emergency appeal at this
point," she said. "That's the approach we're taking right now."